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History · Mountain Park

Half of Mountain Park’s homes were built after 1980

More historic than 3% of U.S. towns · #243 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it

Most of Mountain Park was built recently: 0.3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1980.

0on the National Register
0.3%homes built before 1940
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About Mountain Park’s history

How historic is Mountain Park?

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More historic than 3% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
History grade

What drives Mountain Park’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mountain Park is more historic than 3% of U.S. towns, #243 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mountain Park’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19400.3% of homes (±0.5) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical GA town 10.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 3%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 8%

Georgia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Georgia town has 10.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Mountain Park’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Mountain Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mountain Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages5 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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Start Mountain Park’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mountain Park’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Corinth HillsFour WindsLanfordMountain BrookeTrickem
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mountain Park
CorinthPleasant Grove

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Mountain Park, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mountain Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Mountain Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. The population was 11,554 at the 2010 census. The older name for the area is Trickum, which is reflected in Five Forks-Trickum Road which bisects the community. The older community was centered on Five Forks and Rockbridge Roads.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11,554 to 13,089 (+13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Mountain Park, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Mountain Park Lodge2026Mountain Park LodgeMountain Park Aquatic Center and Activity Building2026Mountain Park Aquatic Center and Activity BuildingImperial Chinese Garden2026Imperial Chinese GardenGwinnett County Public Library Mountain Park Branch2026Gwinnett County Public Library Mountain Park BranchChin Presbyterian Church2026Chin Presbyterian ChurchMountain Park Park, Gwinnett County, GA Mar 20172017Mountain Park Park, Gwinnett County, GA Mar 2017Five Forks Trickum Road2017Five Forks Trickum Road
On the map

Mountain Park on the map, 1956 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mountain Park. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Mountain Park on the 1956 USGS mapMountain Park on the 1968 USGS mapMountain Park on the 1973 USGS mapMountain Park on the 1982 USGS mapMountain Park on the 1992 USGS map1956Stone Mountain sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mountain Park.

People over time

Mountain Park, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,000198020002020Peak: 13,089

Between 9,425 and 13,089 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mountain Park’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

TuckerIts storyDLilburn1 historic placeC−

Questions about Mountain Park’s history

How does Mountain Park rank for history?

Mountain Park is more historic than 3% of U.S. towns, #243 of 263 in Georgia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Mountain Park?

0.3% of Mountain Park’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1980.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (7), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.